Craft and art: the archive of Antonio Quintana

Quintana is one of the most relevant photographers of the 20th century in Chile and is recognized for his portraits of jobs, customs, faces and hands of workers.  But his work developed from the 1930s until before his death (1972) explores a broader range of themes, such as his photos of modern architecture, national industry and nature. 
These lesser-known works by Quintana now come to GAM, in an exhibition organized by the Heritage Archive of the University of Santiago based on the rescue of the legacy donated to the USACH by his widow, Enriqueta Silva. 
The exhibition is a selection of part of the more than three thousand images that Quintana made from the 1930s to the 1960s, which were donated in 1972 and recovered in 2007.